[meteorite-list] Jalu meteorite and Carion practices

From: Alexander Seidel <ase_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:13 2004
Message-ID: <3B2E3F6A.6F8D43A5_at_planet-interkom.de>

Impactika_at_aol.com wrote:

> also with great black shock veins, and a beautiful smooth shiny dark crust!
> It is a L6 from Libya (with a name, not a number) :-)

The Pelissons wrote:

> Not a number and NOT an official name in the Meteoritical Bulletin, perhaps
> you could explain!

> Some French people want to extend the NWA prospecting with data lost in
> Libya and on the Hammada al Hamra strewnfield. We ask the Nom. Com. to act
> quickly against such behavior.


Hi folks,

without too much judging on the differently motivated opinions of the
"opponents", who raise their voices every now and then here on this
list, let me add another example of a very beautiful meteorite, which
now seems to be widely distributed in collections, and which NEVER EVER
got an official acceptance by the NomCom of the Meteoritical Society in
a Meteoritical Bulletin (well, at least not to my actual knowledge): an
LL3 meteorite still sold under the (provisional, not official!) name of
"Begaa". And there are other candidates in this sad game...

You may answer each of the following questions to yourselves:

(1) Why didnīt the early main mass holders (known to many
    of us in the case of Begaa) provide the necessary informations
    and a science sample for the meteorite to get an official
    entry for it in the Bulletin, and so finally an official name?

(2) Why did they sell this (and others) under a special name,
    sounding good, and not a field name or something like that,
    at least: why didnīt they publicly say the name they choose
    for marketing was only a provisional one?

Know the answer, lads and gents..?? :-)

The NomCom may have tough laws, but these are very reasonable, and I
admit I agree to what the Pelissons state in their last sentence cited
above, though, as I said, I wonīt judge on the internal fightings that
seem to take place between different groups out there in the field (..or
should I say: on the Morroccan marketplaces sometimes..:-)).

Any stones to be thrown here?
Alex

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